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Watch The Earth-Shattering Moment This Pallas's Cat Found A Camera Outside His Den

Cameras have instrumental in documenting the natural behavior of some of the world's most elusive animals -- though sometimes they do catch something else: the earth-shattering moment they seem to realize that they're being watched.

Just watch as this ferociously furry Pallas's cat at a wildlife park discovers the camera placed outside his den then move in for a better look.

These small felines, standing roughly the same size as a domestic house cat, are notoriously shy in their mountainous habitat high in the Himalayan mountain range. Footage gathered from camera traps is often the only evidence researchers have to go on that they are actually there.